- Today's Word
Vapid
VAP-id
Definition
(adjective) Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; dull.
Example
The dialogue in the film was so vapid it became unintentionally comedic.
Fun Fact
Vapid originally described drinks that had lost their fizz—flat wine, stale beer. Over time, it broadened to describe anything mentally or emotionally dull. Today it’s used by critics to describe uninspired writing, lifeless performances, or empty political rhetoric. In short, it’s the word for anything that should feel alive—but doesn’t.
(noun) The smallest part or amount imaginable; a tiny bit.
She didn’t care a whit what others thought about her unconventional career choice.
Middle English: probably an alteration of “wight” (meaning creature or thing), used in phrases like “not a wight” meaning “not a creature” or “nothing at all.”